Study on Public Finance in Québec

Léger Marketing was commissioned by the Montreal Economic Institute to conduct a survey in order to obtain the opinion of Quebeckers regarding the folowing:

> The best time for the Québec government to restore fiscal balance;

> The preferred method to restore fiscal balance between reducing government expenses and higher income taxes and taxes;

> The number of provincial civil servants;

> The preferred methods to revitalize Québec’s economic growth between new public investments and reducing income taxes;

> The salary increases awarded by the Québec government after having reached an agreement with the Common Front of public sector employees.

This study was conducted over the phone between October 6 and October 10, 2010 with a representative sample of 1,000 Quebeckers, 18 years of age or older.

A sample of this size has a margin of error of ± 3%, 19 times out of 20.